The control of grain size and distribution of particles in a (6061 alloym/(Al2O3)P composite by solutionizing treatment |
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Authors: | S K Varma Javier Ponce Michael Solis Shane Andrews Daniel Salas |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso, 79968-0520 El Paso, TX |
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Abstract: | The grain growth during an isothermal treatment at a solutionizing temperature of 540°C has been studied in a composite containing
6061 aluminum alloy matrix with A12O3 particles. The grain growth law is generally applicable to the composites containing 0.10, 0.15, and 0.20 volume fraction
of the A12O3 particles (VFAP). It has been observed that the grain growth process involves the disintegration of the agglomerated particles
first and then particles coalesce at longer solutionizing times in the composite containing 0.20 VFAP. The process of coalescence
has not been observed up to a heating time of 20 hours at this temperature in the composites containing 0.10 and 0.15 VFAP.
The trans-mission electron microscopy (TEM) study indicates the generation of a large number of dislocations in both the matrix
and the area adjacent to the particles. The dislocation densities at these two locations in the composites increase with an
increase in VFAP and the particle size. The microhard-ness measurements confirm the microstructural observations, and the
hardness values for the com-posite and the matrix appear to be more sensitive to the particle distribution and the particle
size compared to the grain size. |
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